aquatic

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  1. adjective Consisting of, relating to, or being in water: an aquatic environment.
  2. adjective Living or growing in, on, or near the water: aquatic animals and plants.
  3. adjective Taking place in or on the water: an aquatic sport.
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  • Large numbers of Chinese live a kind of aquatic life, and make their home on board a river-boat. —  The Story of Ida Pfeiffer
  • I think that Mama Eel is primarily aquatic, and can survive out of the water just long enough to get back upstream. —  Beowulf's Children
  • They wore little clothing, a necessity given their natural bodily slime and half-aquatic existence. —  A Call to Arms
  • This was going to be rather hard to explain. —  The Lost Worlds of 2001
  • - —  The Sheikh's Innocent Bride
 

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Words tagged aquatic

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English aquatique, from Old French, from Latin aquāticus, from aqua, water; see akw-ā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin aquaticus, from aqua, water: see aqua.
 

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/əˈkwætɪk/
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